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Sobbing Rihanna Eecalls Confusion Of Chris Brown Beating
Rihanna performs at the Hackney Weekend festival at Hackney Marshes in east London, June 24, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Olivia Harris |
By Jill Serjeant
LOS ANGELES , August 16(Reuters) - A sobbing Rihanna has told Oprah Winfrey she felt protective of boyfriend Chris Brown after he beat her up more than three years ago and was concerned that everyone would think of him as a monster.
The "Umbrella" singer, in a rare emotional TV interview set to air on Sunday detailing her thoughts about the highly publicized 2009 assault, told Winfrey that the days and weeks after incident left her confused and ashamed.
"It was embarrassing, it was humiliating," Rihanna told Winfrey in the interview, excerpts of which were released on Thursday. "I lost my best friend. Everything I knew switched, switched in a night, and I couldn't control that.
"It was a weird, confusing space to be in. Because as angry as I was - as angry and hurt and betrayed - I just felt like he made that mistake because he needed help. And who's going to help him?
"Nobody's going to say he needs help. Everybody's going to say he's a monster, without looking at the source. And I was more concerned about him," she added.
Rihanna, now 24, was left battered and bruised from the beating by Brown in Los Angeles on the eve of the Grammy Awards in February 2009. Brown, 19 at the time and a rising R&B singer, pleaded guilty to assault and was sentenced to five years probation, community service and domestic violence counseling.
He publicly apologized, but his career and public image took a dive. Brown's career has since recovered, and he won his first Grammy award earlier this year for the hit album "F.A.M.E".
Rihanna has rarely opened up emotionally in public about the events of that night.
Winfrey, who interviewed Rihanna in the singer's Barbados home, said in a promotion for Sunday's show that she had started with a fixed idea of Rihanna based on her provocative music videos and sexually charged lyrics, but her view quickly changed. "I thought she was going to be kind of a badass, kind of a hard-edged rocker, pop woman. Nothing could have been further from the truth," Winfrey said.
The full interview will be broadcast on Sunday on Winfrey's OWN cable network. |
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Oz the Great and Powerful |
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Disney's fantastical adventure "Oz The Great and Powerful," directed by Sam Raimi, imagines the origins of L. Frank Baum's beloved wizard character. When Oscar Diggs (James Franco), a small-time circus magician with dubious ethics, is hurled away from dusty Kansas to the vibrant Land of Oz, he thinks he's hit the jackpot-fame and fortune are his for the taking-that is until he meets three witches, Theodora (Mila Kunis), Evanora (Rachel Weisz) and Glinda (Michelle Williams), who are not convinced he is the great wizard everyone's been expecting.
Cast: James Franco, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz
Language: English
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Identity Thief |
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Unlimited funds have allowed Diana (McCarthy) to live it up on the outskirts of Miami, where the queen of retail buys whatever strikes her fancy. There's only one glitch: The ID she's using to finance these sprees reads "Sandy Bigelow Patterson"....and it belongs to an accounts rep (Bateman) who lives halfway across the U.S. With only one week to hunt down the con artist before his world implodes, the real Sandy Bigelow Patterson heads south to confront the woman with an all-access pass to his life. And as he attempts to bribe, coax and wrangle her the 2,000 miles to Denver, one easy target will discover just how tough it is to get your name back.
Cast: Jason Bateman, Melissa McCarthy, Amanda Peet
Language: English
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Teater Chow Kit Road -
10-26 Mei
Istana Budaya, Kuala Lumpur
Konsert Wings Opera Hidup 2 -
26-28 April
Istana Budaya, Kuala Lumpur
Muzikal Upin & Ipin (Versi Prof. Gamat) -
12-21 April
Istana Budaya, Kuala Lumpur
Panggung Seni Tradisional - Wayang Kulit -
13 - 16 Mac
Auditorium JKKN WPKL Malaysia
Jelajah Mek Mulung 2012 -
12-16 Mac
Auditorium JKKN Perlis Malaysia
Bengkel Koir Kebangsaan Malaysia -
28 Feb - 3 Mac
Bukit Merah Lake Town Resort Malaysia
Majlis Pelancaran Kompleks JKKN Kelantan -
23 Feb
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Bangkok Kicks Start Thai Arts To Asean
BANGKOK, May 8 (Bernama) -- A Bangkok-based group of artists; Clubnapralan has taken steps to make Thai arts widely known in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), paving the way for the group to be recognised globally in the future, Thai News Agency (TNA) reported.
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